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# [Roots Starter Theme](http://roots.io/)
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[](https://travis-ci.org/roots/roots)
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[](https://david-dm.org/roots/roots#info=devDependencies)
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Roots is a WordPress starter theme based on [HTML5 Boilerplate](http://html5boilerplate.com/) that will help you make better themes.
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* Source: [https://github.com/roots/roots](https://github.com/roots/roots)
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* Homepage: [http://roots.io/](http://roots.io/)
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* Documentation: [http://roots.io/docs/](http://roots.io/docs/)
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* Twitter: [@rootswp](https://twitter.com/rootswp), [@retlehs](https://twitter.com/retlehs), [@swalkinshaw](https://twitter.com/swalkinshaw), [@Foxaii](https://twitter.com/Foxaii), [@c2foryou](https://twitter.com/c2foryou), [@austinpray](https://twitter.com/austinpray)
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* Newsletter: [Subscribe](http://roots.io/subscribe/)
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* Forum: [http://discourse.roots.io/](http://discourse.roots.io/)
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## Features
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* [gulp](http://gulpjs.com/) for compiling Sass and LESS, checking for JavaScript errors, live reloading, concatenating and minifying files, and versioning assets
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* [Bower](http://bower.io/) for front-end package management
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* [HTML5 Boilerplate](http://html5boilerplate.com/)
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* The latest [jQuery](http://jquery.com/) via Google CDN, with a local fallback
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* The latest [Modernizr](http://modernizr.com/) build for feature detection
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* An optimized Google Analytics snippet
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* [Bootstrap](http://getbootstrap.com/)
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* ARIA roles and microformats
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* [Theme activation](http://roots.io/roots-101/#theme-activation)
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* [Theme wrapper](http://roots.io/an-introduction-to-the-roots-theme-wrapper/)
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* Cleaner HTML output of navigation menus
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* Posts use the [hNews](http://microformats.org/wiki/hnews) microformat
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* [Multilingual ready](http://roots.io/wpml/) and over 30 available [community translations](https://github.com/roots/roots-translations)
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### Go further with Roots
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#### Clean up WordPress
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Install the [Soil](https://github.com/roots/soil) plugin to enable additional features:
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* Cleaner output of `wp_head` and enqueued assets
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* Root relative URLs
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* Nice search (`/search/query/`)
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#### Modernize your WordPress stack
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[Bedrock](https://github.com/roots/bedrock) gets you started with the best development tools, practices, and project structure:
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* Dependency management with Composer
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* Automated deployments with Capistrano
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* Easy environment specific configuration
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## Installation
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Clone the git repo - `git clone https://github.com/roots/roots.git` - or [download it](https://github.com/roots/roots/zipball/master) and then rename the directory to the name of your theme or website.
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If you don't use [Bedrock](https://github.com/roots/bedrock), you'll need to add the following to your `wp-config.php` on your development installation:
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```php
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define('WP_ENV', 'development');
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```
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## Theme activation
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Reference the [theme activation](http://roots.io/roots-101/#theme-activation) documentation to understand everything that happens once you activate Roots.
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## Configuration
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Edit `lib/config.php` to enable or disable theme features and to define a Google Analytics ID.
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Edit `lib/init.php` to setup navigation menus, post thumbnail sizes, post formats, and sidebars.
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## Theme development
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Roots uses [gulp](http://gulpjs.com/) as its build system.
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### Install gulp
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**Unfamiliar with npm? Don't have node installed?** [Download and install node.js](http://nodejs.org/download/) before proceeding.
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From the command line:
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1. Install [gulp](http://gulpjs.com) and [Bower](http://bower.io) globally with `npm install -g gulp bower`
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2. Navigate to the theme directory, then run `npm install`
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You now have all the necessary dependencies to run the build process.
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### Available gulp commands
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* `gulp` — Compile and optimize the files in your assets directory
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* `gulp watch` — Compile assets when file changes are made
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* `gulp --tasks` — Lists all the available tasks and what they do
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## Documentation
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Roots documentation is available at [http://roots.io/docs/](http://roots.io/docs/).
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## Contributing
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Contributions are welcome from everyone. We have [contributing guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md) to help you get started.
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## Community
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Keep track of development and community news.
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* Participate on the [Roots Discourse](http://discourse.roots.io/)
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* Follow [@rootswp on Twitter](https://twitter.com/rootswp)
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* Read and subscribe to the [Roots Blog](http://roots.io/blog/)
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